This report updates the Committee on the implementation of the new finance system, e5, which went live at the start of December 2023.

The Committee considered a report on the implementation of the new finance system, e5, which went live at the start of December 2023. The project was now in a hyper care period through to February 2024 during which the Council’s finance team was being supported by specialist resources to help resolve support requests, deliver refresher training to end users, and to complete system management knowledge transfer.  The project Steering Group was meeting on a weekly basis to assess early post go live progress and advise on actions with representation from across the Council. The report summarised the key activities to be completed in the next period to support users and deliver further improvements to the e5 solution.

Resolved:      

(1)        That the successful implementation of the e5 system at the start of December 2023 and the arrangements in place for end user support, training and ongoing solution improvement be noted;

(2)        That the immense amount of work undertaken by the Finance Service to deliver this major transformational project be recognised and all those involved in its successful implementation be thanked for their contributions.